Track for carriers



(No Model.)

W. & 0. A. GUTENKUNST. TRACK FOR CARRIERS.

No. 426,179. Patented Apr. 22, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

WILLIAM GUTENKUNST AND CHARLES A. GUTENKUNST, or MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

TRACK FOR CARRIERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 426,179, dated April 22, 1890.

Original application filed May 11, 1889, Serial No. 310,417. Divided and this application filed August 14, 1889. Serial No. 320,760. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, IVILLIAM GUTEN KUNST and CHARLES A. GUTENKUNST, of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of IVisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tracks for Carriers; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of said invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of refer ence marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Our invention relates to the form and construction of a track especially adapted for use with hay-carriers, by which form of track inexpensivene ss of construction is had and convenience in putting it up and strength and steadiness of parts are secured.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side View of our improved track, showing the devices for supporting it and attachments thereto for the convenience of the carrier. Fig. 2 is a side view of the stop, showing the reverse side to Fig. 3 is an underside View of the stop. Fi lisa perspective view of a track-coupling device. Fig. 5 is an under side view of the track with connecting devices, coupling devices, supporting devices, and crossbars, parts being broken away to show interior portions.

Our carrier track is formed of two parallel rails A A, preferably constructed of gas-pipe, though a solid rod could be used to advantage in some cases. These pipes are connected together endwise, and are secured rigidly parallel to but at a distance from each other by means of coupling devices having a central crossbar B and transverse hollow arms C C integral with the crossbar-one at each end of the bar--in each of which hollow arms the ends of two sections of pipe are inserted, and are secured therein by set-screws D D, turning through the walls of the arms against the pipes, whereby the sections of pipe are secured rigidly in the arms. These coupling and supporting devices are each provided with a hook H, the shank of which passes through the center of the cross-bar in an. ap-

erture therefor, and is provided with nuts I, turning on the shank thereof 'by a screwthread, one above and the other below the cross-bar, whereby the hook is held rigidly in the cross-bar.

Instead of securing the ends of the rails in the hollow arms by means of the set-screws D D, the rails may be made screw-threaded at the ends and turn into the hollow arms, as shown at L in Fig. 5.

It is sometimes convenient to merelv con nect the ends of the sections of pipe together without a cross-bar, and this we do by using a screw-threaded sleeve M, into which the ends of two sections of pipe are inserted and secured by turning the sleeve thereon.

A stop N, adapted to engage with the mechanism of acarrier and hold it temporarily in a fixed position on the track, is provided with two sets of cross-bars O 0, having transverse apertures, which cross bars are integral with the stop and are provided with set-screws P P, turning through the bars against the rails, whereby the stop is made rigid to the rails. The transverse arms or outer ends of these cross-bars and couplings are preferably made thin in their top part, so that the wheels of the carrier traveling on the track will pass over them with but a slight jar, if any.

WVhat we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a carrier-track, the combination, with two round metal rails, of a coupling device having a central cross-bar and transverse hollow arms integral therewith, and means, substantially as described, for securing the ends of the rails in the coupling device.

2. In a carrientrack, the combination, with two round metal rails, of a coupling device having a central crossbar and transverse hollow arms integral therewith, and a hook hanger, the shank of which is secured to the cross-bar centrally, substantially as described.

8. In a carrier-track, the combinatioinwith two round metal rails, of a stop having inclines adapted to resist the lateral thrust of the carrier, and a socket the walls of which are adapted to resist the endwise thrust of the carrier, which stop is secured to the track between and below the rails by a cross-bar having transverse apertures, through which the rails pass, and means, substantially as 5 described, for securing the stop to the rails against the thrust of the carrier in the line of its travel, as set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signa tures in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM GUTENKUNST. CHARLES A. GUTENKUNST. Witnesses:

O. T. BENEDICT, C. H. KEENEY. 

